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The Help-Yourself City - Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism (Paperback) Loot Price: R799
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The Help-Yourself City - Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism (Paperback): Gordon C.C. Douglas

The Help-Yourself City - Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism (Paperback)

Gordon C.C. Douglas

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When cash-strapped local governments fail to provide adequate services, and planning policies prioritize economic development over community needs, how do concerned citizens respond? In The Help-Yourself City, Gordon Douglas looks closely at the people who take urban planning into their own hands, dubbed "do-it-yourself urban design." Through in-depth interviews with do-it-yourselfers, professional planners, and community members, as well as participant observation, photography, media, and policy analysis, Douglas demonstrates that many do-it-yourselfers employ professional techniques and expertise to enable and inspire their actions. He argues that many unauthorized interventions are created from a position of privilege, where legal repercussions are unlikely, while people from disadvantaged communities where improvements may be most needed face disincentives to taking such actions themselves. Presenting a needed social analysis of this growing trend, while connecting it to debates on inequality, citizenship, and contemporary urban political economy, The Help-Yourself City tells a street-level story of people's relationships to their surroundings and the individualization of democratic responsibility.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2018
Authors: Gordon C.C. Douglas (Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Director of the Institute for Metropolitan Studies)
Dimensions: 234 x 157 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-069132-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN: 0-19-069132-8
Barcode: 9780190691325

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